[jhautz]

OK. A little update on the R1Pro. I got sick of waiting for the Hotwire to be released so I wired up the R1Pro into my XB8 and moved the MM to the Truggy until the MMM is released.

Anyway, some observations from running it today.

UPSIDE: ULTRA butter smooth throttle and braking controll!!!! The absolute smoothest most controllable ESC I have driven in a 1/8. It ran 5s without a hitch. I just used a 1000mfd 35V capacitor on it instead of the one that came with it and no problems at all.

Downside.... It ran a little hot. I littereally ran the exact same setup that I was running the MM with. Same buggy, gearing, motor, battery and tires, so it the load on the esc should have been exactly the same. It ran an entire pack and never shut down, but when I pulled it off after about 15 minutes (about 3/4 of a pack) the built in thermal indicator was at max and touching the wires and posts comming out of the esc, they were pretty hot to the touch. To be fair though, I ran a fan on the MM and there ws no fan on the R1Pro. But! Its cold outside. Even in the indoor track area its just a little above freezing so I'm not sure this would be very good if it were hot outside.

I will keep playing with it and see what else I learn. I am hoping that getting the Hotwire USB programmer will open up some tuning options that will help me keep it running cooler. There isnt alot you can do with the pistol grip tuning options. I might also add a second 1000mfd 35V capacitor to see if that also helps with the temps.

Overall I gotta say I really like it so far in the limited testing I did. I cant stress enough how nice it felt

The setup was:
XB8 buggy
R1Pro
CC BEC
Hacker 50B 10XL
5s 4350mah 25c lipo
16/46 gearing (about 40 mph)